PINTANO is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. PINTANO is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 12 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept PINTANO?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 51 / 100
Our own measure of how useful PINTANO is to know. It scores 9 from 7 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for PINTANO
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
pintanosChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How PINTANO scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in PINTANO, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| n | 2 | 6 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 137,239.
What does PINTANO mean in Scrabble?
noun
zoology
A tropical reef fish marked with dark bands.
The word pintano is a specialist name from the vocabulary of fish and reefs, rarely met outside word lists. The banding on the body is the feature that the name points to. The same name is also noted in the sense of a sergeant major.
How PINTANO is used
Pintano appears mostly in lists of unusual words and in fish reference works.
- A pintano drifted along the edge of the coral.
- The diver noticed a pintano hiding among the rocks.
- The book had a small picture of a pintano.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of PINTANO and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with PINTANO
1 longer words begin with PINTANO.
Shorter words from the letters in PINTANO
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Common questions about PINTANO
- Is PINTANO valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts PINTANO, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is PINTANO worth?
- PINTANO is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does PINTANO mean?
- A tropical reef fish marked with dark bands.
- What letters can be added to PINTANO?
- PINTANO takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of PINTANO:
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